Humain, DataVolt Plan 100 MW AI Data Center at NEOM’s Oxagon

Humain and DataVolt have partnered to develop roughly 100 MW of planned AI data-center capacity at Oxagon, NEOM’s industrial city on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast. The facility is expected to be available in 2028.

One defined project in a larger build

The joint development is part of DataVolt’s planned 360 MW first phase at Oxagon, itself within a broader AI campus described as 1.5 GW. The agreement therefore places Humain in a specified portion of a multi-stage campus rather than setting out a separate site.

The planned facility is to combine renewable energy sources, innovative cooling technologies and high-performance computing clusters. Those elements are part of the project’s stated design, alongside its 2028 availability expectation.

Oxagon is part of the pitch

The companies expect the location to provide pre-zoned industrial land, energy resources at scale and low-latency computing access through subsea-cable connectivity. Those stated location advantages sit alongside the proposed facility’s renewable-energy, cooling and computing design.

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are accelerating AI infrastructure build-outs as demand for computing power rises. At Oxagon, the announcement attaches a named partner and a delivery expectation to one part of that wider expansion, while leaving the capacity in the planning and development stage.

A target set against NEOM’s record

NEOM was unveiled a decade ago as part of Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation. Its plans have since been scaled back amid cost overruns and lower-than-anticipated global oil prices, providing important context for a project that is expected to arrive in 2028.

Humain was established last year and is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. It has secured several agreements with global technology firms and is targeting 6 GW of capacity by 2034. The Oxagon project is smaller than that longer-term target, but it gives the company a specific planned role in the NEOM campus.